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Release Number: 09-347

For Immediate Release

Public Information
Office

December 29, 2009

Debbie Carter:
dcarter@hcso.tampa.fl.us

(813) 247-8060

Who:

Victims:

Vincent Thomas, DOB 3-2-87 (deceased)

507 Oakwood Avenue South

Brandon

Tony Black, DOB 11-25-87 (deceased)

814 Providence Trace Circle

Brandon

Rafael G. Guadalupe, DOB 4-19-88
(deceased)

4900 N. MacDill

Tampa

Ralph Arroyo, DOB 6-1-88

17804 Jamestown Way

Lutz

What:

Triple homicide

When:

December 29, 2009
at 12:04 a.m.

Where:

507 Oakwood Avenue
South, Brandon

Why/How:

Hillsborough
County deputies responded to 507 Oakwood Avenue South in Brandon in
reference to a shooting. The complainant (a family member of Thomas)
heard shots fired and called authorities.

When deputies
arrived they discovered the three deceased males in the backyard of the
residence. Two of the victims (Thomas and Black) had been shot and
Guadalupe had been stabbed. A fourth victim who had been battered at
the scene (Ralph Arroyo) approached responding deputies.

Preliminary
indications are that all the victims are acquaintances and were in the
backyard together when the suspect vehicle pulled up. The suspects
(multiple) went directly to the backyard and a confrontation ensued
resulting in the shooting and stabbing. The suspects then fled
northbound from the scene in a red mustang. Based on information
received via a tip, law enforcement in Orange County just outside of
Orlando recovered the suspect vehicle.